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PISA mean scores in reading literacy, by country, 2009
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Chart 10.4 is a bar chart showing the mean scores for reading literacy in 33 OECD countries in 2009. The score is from PISA, the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, which measures the skills of students toward the end of the period of compulsory education.
Students in Korea had the highest mean score, 539, followed by Finland, 536, and Canada, 524.
The OECD had a mean score of 496.
Mexico had the lowest score, 425.
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| Korea | 539 |
| Finland | 536 |
| Canada | 524 |
| New Zealand | 521 |
| Japan | 520 |
| Australia | 515 |
| Netherlands | 508 |
| Belgium | 506 |
| Norway | 503 |
| Estonia | 501 |
| Switzerland | 501 |
| Poland | 500 |
| Iceland | 500 |
| United States | 500 |
| Sweden | 497 |
| Germany | 497 |
| OECD | 496 |
| Ireland | 496 |
| France | 496 |
| Denmark | 495 |
| United Kingdom | 494 |
| Hungary | 494 |
| Portugal | 489 |
| Italy | 486 |
| Slovenia | 483 |
| Greece | 483 |
| Spain | 481 |
| Czech Republic | 478 |
| Slovak Republic | 477 |
| Israel | 474 |
| Luxembourg | 472 |
| Turkey | 464 |
| Chile | 449 |
| Mexico | 425 |
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Note: PISA is the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, which measure the skills of students toward the end of the period of compulsory education. Source: Data based on OECD (2011), OECD Society at a Glance 2011. |
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